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btw1: I'm listening to Les Miserables right now, so this chapter might get a little sad XD

btw2: I might not update next weekend, since I have midterms

btw3: There's a flashback in this chapter. For this flashback and for all future flashbacks, it will be surrounded by the grey line breaker, and all italics will be reversed


Chapter 9: Senri Eye

Chris sighed. He was stuck in another one of Mr. Lentay's boring lectures. He was talking about various continuous trap and their uses. Chris sighed again and looked at the empty seat to the right of him. He wished Sarah was there; they were in the class together, but she wasn't there this day for some reason.

Suddenly a beeping sound was heard throughout the large classroom. Everyone looked around to identify the source, and soon saw Mr. Lentay looking at his watch. He pressed a button on it, and the screen unfolded to about nine times as large. Mr. Lentay observed the screen for a few seconds, and then the screen automatically folded itself up. "Chris, you're excused to Chancellor Casatos' office."

Chris closed his eyes for a second and murmured an inaudible prayer. He opened his eyes, stood up, and gathered his papers. "Thank you sir," Chris bowed a bit, before going into the aisle to climb the stairs. He stopped for a moment, turned around, and blushed a bit. "Um… where exactly is the Chancellor's office?"

"It's here, in the Cathedral," Mr. Lentay irritably sighed with a sweatdrop. "Use the map in your PDA."

"Oh, oh yeah! I forgot about that..." Chris laughed as he left the room. He took out his PDA, and accessed the map. While doing that, he noticed the time was 8:28. At least I get to miss half the class. He wandered the halls for a few minutes, before standing in front of an old, brown door. However, Chris noticed something strange. Hey, didn't Casatos' office only have an HTS tube? No door? Aw well, might as well check it out… Chris turned the handle and entered the small room. It was completely bare, except for a single light bulb on the ceiling and an HTS tube. Oh, so that's how they did it, Chris thought as he entered the tube, and quickly emerged into Casatos' office, which was now fairly familiar to him. "Um… you wanted to see me sir?"

"Yes! Yes! Sit down!" Chris heard Casatos order from behind his chair. Chris walked over and sat down in one of the four chairs as Casatos swiveled around. "Let's cut to the chase," Casatos bluntly said as he pushed a button on his desk. On the left side of the room, three panels of the wall rotated, revealing Kengake, Sarah, and Sam. They were each chained to the metal panel by a strange, glowing, shapeless, purple rope, which Yami instantly recognized. The ropes were located at each of their wrists, ankles, waists, and necks.

A chorus of "Help us Chris!" and "Save us!" came from their mouths, but then a seventh 'rope' appeared and covered their mouths.

"Shadow magic…" Yami muttered under his breath. "What do you want with them?" Yami demanded, taking control.

"It's not what I want with them, it's what I want with you!" Casatos laughed. He pressed a button on his desk. Casatos stood up as the chairs and desk began to recede into the ground, and Yami followed suit. Casatos' duel disk unfolded; it looked like a normal duel disk except for a few minor changes, and it was the same shade of blue as his suit.

'Be careful,' Chris warned. 'He's not just a top student or a staff member of the academy; he's the owner! He's going to be really tough to beat!

Don't worry; I've dueled much stronger people before. "A duel?" Yami asked as his duel disk unfolded. "That's fine with me! But… why?"

"You'll find that out soon enough," Casatos sighed. "Now… Let's duel! And if you don't win, then I won't release your friends!"

Casatos: 4000; Yami: 4000

"Now, since I am the Chancellor of the school, I'll go first," Casatos said as he took 6 cards from the top of his deck(6) while Yami took 5(5). "Now I'll play 2 copies of the card known as Upstart Goblin(4)! While this will increase your lifepoints by 2000, it will allow me to draw 2 cards(6)!"

Casatos: 4000; Yami: 6000

That didn't seem to be a very good move, Yami thought.

"Don't worry," Casatos smiled. "It's all part of my plan; it will seem like a good move in time."

"But how…"

"Did I read your mind?" Casatos asked. "Simple," he smiled. Yami was overcome by a strange sense of déjà vu as Casatos pulled back the hair covering the left side of his head, revealing his yellow eye.

"The millennium eye…" Yami murmured.

"Oh, so you've experienced this before?" Casatos asked. "Well then, I'm sure you know what I'm going to do next!"

Oh no, what will I do? Yami asked himself as Casatos began to probe his mind. Wait, I know! Yami rotated his hand so it was facing the ground and neither player could see it. He then stepped back in his mind and pushed Chris into control.

'What are you doing?' Chris asked.

'Just trust me!' Yami hissed without saying anything more.

"So, you…" Casatos smiled, but then frowned as his eye widened. "Don't know what you cards are?"

Chris then understood what Yami did; he stopped Chris from looking at his cards, then switched minds. This way when Casatos tried to read Yami's mind to see what his cards were he read Chris' mind instead, preventing Casatos from finding out his hand. Chris tried to act like Yami so Casatos wouldn't suspect anything, and just smiled and nodded; he didn't want Casatos to notice the change in voices.

"But… no!" Casatos yelled. "I saw you look at your cards! You can't just erase your memory like that! No one can!"

"No one… but me," Yami, who was back in control again, countered.

'Hey,' Chris asked, 'Can't he probe your mind now that you're in control?'

'Yes, but I don't think he knows about me. He still thinks that he's only dueling you, so as long as he doesn't know about both of us, he shouldn't try read our minds again,' Yami explained. "Now, are you going to finish your move or not?" he challenged.

"I'll set a monster(5) along with two set spells or traps(3)," Casatos growled. "Now go."

Yami drew his card and smiled. "I'll summon Queen's Knight(5;1500/1600) in attack mode! Now, attack the Chancellor's face-down monster!" A blonde-haired woman in pink armor appeared, and jumped towards Casatos' monster. A strange, burning bush appeared; however its branches were too strong for the woman's swords to pierce.

"That was my Burning Algae(500/1500), and it looks like its defense was too much for your knight," Casatos smiled.

"In that case, I'll end my turn with a set spell/trap(4)."

Casatos drew a card(4), and then slipped a monster onto his duel disk(3). "I'll summon a second Burning Algae in defense mode, to give my first one some company! That's all I need right now, so I'll let you take your turn."

"Well, it's time to take both your algae down!" Yami yelled, drawing a card(5). "And I'll start with King's Knight(4;1600/1400)!"

"How are you going to defeat both my monsters when only one of them is strong enough?" Casatos laughed.

"Actually, two of them are strong enough," Yami smiled as the pink and orange knight crossed their swords, and in a blue flash of light the blue-clad knight appeared. "For you see when my King's and Queen's Knights are on the field, they bring out Jack's Knight(1900/1000)! Now, King's and Jack's Knights, attack and destroy the two Burning Algae!" The two warriors jumped through the two plants. As the plants exploded, small embers rained down on Yami. Yami tensed and expected pain, but instead they warmed and relaxed him.

Casatos: 4000; Yami: 8000

He's doubled my lifepoints... what is he planning? "Now, Queen's Knight, attack Casatos directly!" The woman rushed towards Casatos, but a thick white curtain fell across the field, preventing the woman from advancing.

"I activate my Wall of the Revealing Light!" Casatos yelled. "I pay 3000 lifepoints, so now your monsters need more than 3000 attack points to attack!"

Casatos: 1000; Yami: 8000

"Since it seems I don't have anything else to do, I'll end," Yami growled.

Casatos drew a card and smiled(4). My victory is almost complete. One more card, and my victory will be assured. "I set one monster(3), and end my turn."

Yami frowned as he drew(5). What should I do? Unless I can get out a powerful monster, I won't be able to defeat Casatos and free my friends. "I'll set a spell/trap(4) and end my turn."

"Then I'll activate my Xing Zhen Hu trap card!" Casatos yelled as his trap card flipped up and two cement bricks fell on top of Yami's set cards, preventing them from flipping over. "This will stop your traps from activating! Now, I believe it was my draw(4). Anyway, you are locked up enough right now, so I'll just end my turn and leave you in your misery."

As Yami drew his card(5) as his frown deepened. What can I do? He's trapping my cards, and stopping me from doing anything! And although I'm beating him in lifepoints by so much… it must be part of his plan. I can't imagine how losing this much would help, but… I have to figure out Casatos' strategy and stop it!

'Um… maybe I can help!' Chris chimed in.

'What do you mean?' Yami asked.

'Well, remember the first time you dueled?' Chris asked.


'Hey, those cards aren't mine!' Chris exclaimed when he saw Yami's hand.

'Yes, I know,' Yami smirked. 'They're mine.'


'Well, the cards in my deck changed to your cards automatically when you were in control,' Chris continued. 'So maybe if we switch now, the cards in our hand will switch and give us more options.'

Yami sighed. 'I don't think we have anything better to do,' he confessed as he let Chris take over.

Chris inspected his hand, and then made his move. "First I tribute my Queen's Knight to set a monster(4), I'll set a spell/trap to go with it(3), and that's it for me!"

That face-down monster is most probably his Mystic Swordsman LV6(2300/1700), Casatos thought as he drew a card(4). Of course… I did come prepared! "I activate my Dark Matrix(3)!" he shouted as a black circle appeared behind him. "This is like the opposite of Lightning Vortex! You see, by sending two cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard, all of your face-down cards are obliterated!" Four strips of black lightning came out of the vortex and destroyed Chris' face-downs. Then a fifth came out as the vortex disappeared, destroying Casatos' set trap. "Unfortunately, my card has another downside; it also destroys the face-down spells and traps on my field. And my face-down monster also won't be here for long because I'm tributing it to summon The Big Friendly Giant(2;3200/1800)!"

"That big thing… for 1 tribute?" Chris murmured to himself as a giant man—with even bigger ears—appeared in front of Casatos.

"Now, destroy his Jack's Knight!" The giant picked his foot up, and it reluctantly brought it down upon Jack's Knight. Chris braced for the impact on his lifepoints, but was surprised when it didn't change. "Although my giant does have a large amount of attack points, it does have a 'downside' so it can't cause you any lifepoint damage."

Chris sighed in relief as Casatos ended his turn.

'Should I take over again now?' Yami asked.

'No; Casatos locked up your strategy easily before, so lets try mine now,' Chris replied as he drew his card(4). He blinked, and then sighed when he drew his card. This seems like the most random and unnecessary card I need right now. Of course, better safe than sorry… "I set one spell/trap face-down(3), and then I'll switch King's Knight to defense mode and end my turn."

Casatos drew a card(3) and smirked. Time to win! "Big Friendly Giant, attack King's Knight!" The giant again stomped on Chris' monster, instantly destroying it. "I set 2 traps face-down(1) and end my turn!"

"Draw(4)!" Chris yelled. He sighed, set a monster(3), and ended his turn.

Casatos drew a card(2), and then had his giant destroy Chris' monster. "And now time to win! Activate trap!" Casatos yelled. Suddenly, a loud alarm was sounded in the office. Red lights started flashing, and steam was pumped into the room through invisible pipes. Chris saw a black pedestal with a red top rise up in front of Casatos before the smoke completely obscured his vision.

"What's going on?" Chris coughed.

"Oh, you're about to find out!" Casatos yelled as he brought his fist down on the red button on top of the pedestal.

"Self destruct activated," a computerized voice said as Chris' eyes widened.

"But then it'll be a tie!" Chris yelled.

"Yes, but I said 'unless you win'; a draw is not a win, so I'll be keeping your friends!" Casatos shouted. Although Chris could not see his face, he could tell Casatos was smirking.

"That's not fair!" Chris defiantly yelled as the countdown began.

"Self destruct in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0." The monotone voice said before a giant explosion knocked Chris onto his back. Chris coughed a little more as the last of the smoke cleared, and gasped when he saw the lifepoints.

Casatos: 500; Chris: 0

"But… how did you survive?" Chris asked; he knew what Self Destruct Button did, and he also knew is should have reduced Casatos' lifepoints to 0.

"Simple, I activated my other trap, Ace in the Hole," Casatos explained. "This gives me 500 lifepoints and stops me from losing the duel. Of course, now that I have 500 lifepoints and you have none it means I win anyway, so now it is completely fair!"

"Well then, I'll just have to use my trap!" Chris yelled. A small, clear ball appeared in front of Chris. It then glowed white, and grew into Mystic Swordsman LV6. "I use my Soul Relay! This summons my Mystic Swordsman back, and stops me from losing the duel as long as I have him on my field!"

That is easy to counter, Casatos thought. He reached for the card he had previously drawn, but then decided not to use it. Let's see what this kid can do in this situation. After all, this is a test. "I end my turn."

Chris drew his card(4), and smiled. "Sorry, but I'm going to win! First I play Pot of Greed(3) to draw 2 cards(5)! I activate my spell cards Smashing Ground(4) and Mystical Space Typhoon(3), destroying your giant and your wall!" The giant foot came down and obliterated the giant as Casatos just chuckled to himself at the irony. "Now, Mystic Swordsman, attack Casatos directly and win the duel!"

As the swordsman jumped forward, Casatos just laughed. "Excellent duel, Chris! I enjoyed it very much! And although you probably don't believe me, I could have and did win. Anyway, until next time…" Right before the swordsman was going to make contact, Casatos pulled back the hair covering his millennium eye. The eye glowed a bright white, until it was so bright Chris couldn't see. However, it all soon became black.


Then Chris opened his eyes. He wasn't dueling any more; he was sitting in the leftmost chair in Casatos' office. Casatos' chair was facing the other way, so Chris couldn't see who was in it, while the other three chairs each had Sarah, Sam, and Kengake, who were sleeping. Chris silently got up as he wondered what happened.

He creeped over to Casatos' chair, and spun it around. Instead of a person, only a face-down duel monster card sat in chair. Chris picked it up, and his eyes widened when he saw the rare card.

"I want you to have this," Chris heard Chancellor Casatos say. Chris' head darted up but nobody was there, excluding his friends. His friends stirred and started to wake up, and Chris instinctively slid his new card into his deck before his friends could see it.

"What happened?" Sarah drowsily asked. She glanced at her watch, and then she instantly woke up. "Oh my gosh! It's 8:28!" she yelled, waking Sam and Kengake up. "We've missed half of our first class! We're gonna get in so much trouble! What happened?"

"I don't know!" Sam yelled. "It's weird, but we need to get to our classes now! Let's go!" Sarah, Sam, and Kengake exited the office, with Chris following close behind. Chris stopped for a moment before he entered the HTS tube.

He glanced at Casatos' empty chair, then at his desk, and then sighed, wondering what had actually happened. He decided he would figure it out later, and would just accept it now. After all, with the card he had recieved he didn't really care what had happened. He entered the HTS tube, quickly arriving back at class with Sarah, and continued his day.


Card of the Day

Self-Destruct Button
Normal Trap
Activate only when your Life Points are lower than your opponent's Life Points an with a difference of 7000 or more. Both players Life Points become 0.


Original Cards

Dark Matrix; Spell; Send the top 2 cards on your deck to the graveyard. Destroy all face-down cards on your opponent's side of the field and all face-down spells and traps on your side of the field.

The Big Friendly Giant (yay Roald Dahl!); level 6; Warrior/Effect/LIGHT; 3200/1800; Any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent's lifepoints is reduced to 0. This card's effect cannot be negated.

Ace in the Hole; Trap; You can only activate this card when your lifepoints are 0 and the duel would be a loss or tie for you. Increase your lifepoints by 500. You do not lose the duel.

Soul Relay; Continuous Trap; You can only activate this card when your lifepoints are 0 and you would lose the duel. Special summon 1 monster from your graveyard, ignoring any summoning conditions. As long as this card and the selected monster are face-up on the field, you do not lose the duel. If the selected monster is tributed to summon a monster, the newly summoned monster is the new selected monster. Your lifepoints must remain at 0 as long as this card is face-up on the field.


Okay... so it wasn't that sad...

And if you are wondering what card Casatos gave Chris, you'll find out in chapter 15 (which is also conviently the chapter the plot starts!)

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